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42) Gray as ashes
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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Martinsville Georgia has always been a sleepy little town, where nothing much ever happens, except a few murders... There's a firebug in Martinsville. Town librarian Biscuit McKee isn't too worried when a garbage bin at the grocery store is set on fire. But when it's her beloved garden shed that goes up in flames, the fur begins to fly. Biscuit's feline companion Marmalade comments frequently, ... Yes, I do. ... (even though her humans think she's...
43) Backdraft 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When fire investigator Sean McCaffrey is assigned to investigate a deadly fire, he and partner Maggie soon realize that they are dealing with something much more than a routine fire. The clues they discover lead them down a treacherous path of arson, murder, and international terrorism. Sean must use his intuition, along with the help of infamous jailed arsonist Ronald Bartel, in a race to find out who is behind the fire and stop them from accomplishing...
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Pub. Date
2006
Description
When Sally Montgomery accompanies her handsome boss Frederick Pierson on a quiet country weekend, she enjoys the first evening. But when she discovers his battered body the next morning, she runs for her life. Now it's up to Pete, her ex-husband and former New York policeman, to keep her safe and find the killer.
47) Pyro
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"To a firefighter, there's nothing worse than a nuisance arsonist. His multiple fires keep a station up at night, running in circles, and more vulnerable at the next "real" call. And in Seattle, Lt. Paul Wollf of Station Six's ladder truck hates a pyro more than most. Two decades before, an arsonist's fire killed Wollf's firefighter father, sending his mother into a spiral of depression and triggering a chain of events that left his brother in jail...
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"In the Pre-Dawn Hours of October 19, 1998, a commando-style arson destroyed or damaged $12 million worth of chair lifts and mountaintop buildings at Vail, Colorado, the largest ski resort in the United States. The timing of the fires indicated a calculated attack, since the fires were set on the same day the ski area's owners were about to begin construction for a controversial expansion into an old-growth forest on federally owned land. Within days,...
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Sugarcreek Amish mysteries volume 26
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Cheryl and Levi Miller are settling into married life and enjoying their daughter Rebecca's first year. But when a mysterious fire destroys Seth and Naomi's barn, Cheryl sets out to find the culprit. Soon, more blazes confirm Cheryl's suspicion— someone is intentionally setting fires in Sugarcreek. Cheryl's efforts to find the perpetrator uncover more questions than answers. Her list of suspects is growing rather shrinking. Between raising an infant...
52) Work in progress
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Mary discovers a manuscript in a old desk that is a confession to arson. She investigates whether the wrong person went to prison.
53) Smoke
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Pub. Date
[2015].
Description
An evocative tale of two women navigating the secrets and lies at the heart of a wildfire threatening their town. After a decade long career combating wildfires, Elizabeth has traded in her former life for a quieter one with her husband. Now she works as the local arson investigator in a beautiful, quaint town in the Rockies. But that tranquil life vanishes when she and her husband agree to divorce and a fire in nearby Cooper Basin begins to spread...
54) Backdraft
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Feuding brothers in the Chicago fire department become involved in an arson investigation.
55) Morning Glory
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
While Pecan Springs, Texas bustles back to life in the warmth of spring, one woman's life is tragically brought to an end. Herbalist (and former lawyer) China Bayles happens upon a burning house trailer and hears a woman screaming for help. The evidence leaves no doubt that it's arson homicide. Jessica Nelson, an intern-reporter at the local paper, is assigned to cover the story. Then she disappears.
56) By the book
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Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Sweet Susan's Bakery has been seriously damaged by fire, and the verdict is that the fire was started on purpose. While Susan struggles to reopen her business, bookseller Mary Fisher investigates, but the more she discovers, the less she likes it.
57) The deadly weed
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2023.
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"1920s. Cork, Ireland. Early one morning the Reverend Mother receives news of a deadly fire at the local cigarette factory, a place where she'd been so proud that some of her pupils had been given a steady job. In a city full of poverty, unemployment andpolitical unrest, these ex pupils of hers had surely been blessed with such prospects. Now, though, she is worried . . . What happened at the cigarette factory and why are there rumours circulating...
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"Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned? On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed, the sole survivor and only eyewitness. Though they at first believed the fire had been a tragic accident, forensic fire investigators soon uncovered evidence that Parks had sabotaged wiring, set several fires herself, and even barricaded...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"Chief of Police Samuel Craddock is perplexed by a series of increasingly troubling events at Granger's Store. The shop owner's son, Mark Granger, has plans to renovate and modernise the popular animal feed store in the small Texas town of Jarret Creek. But when he's assaulted, its clear that some town folk are against his ideas. Could the devastating fire that follows be linked to the threatening phone calls Mark has been receiving? When the body...
60) Fire dog heroes
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Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The text opens with a true story of an arson dog, and then it explains the history of the arson K-9 team and the training methods used to transform an ordinary dog into a canine hero"--Provided by publisher.